Comparing myself with my fellow friends, I can consider myself to be lucky enough to be able to travel to almost every prominent country and city such as Paris, Japan, Singapore and so forth. Most of them are for accompanying my father doing his business. Importantly, I learned that regardless how countries are well developed, they differ from each other when it comes to cultural context. Therefore, based on my wide experience, I prefer to live in a collectivist country for the many benefits that I can gain.
A country with a good reputation can be attributed to the kind of people who live there. According to Cultural Differences, “Collectivists people are from a tight culture, so they will follow rules” (p.64). The authors are saying that collectivists are apt to follow any regulation, especially if it is a society type of rule. If any of them cross the line, others will perceive them as a bad group of people. As a peace lover, I would want to live in a place like …show more content…
Kehe and Kehe (2014) mention that “ Collectivists cultures are considered high context.”(p.94). In other words, in many cases, they convey messages through actions that are well understandable rather than projecting them by words. In this way, collectivists believe that they can inculcate a healthy and good relationship with other people. Also, they think that if they do the opposite things they might hurt others’ feeling. For instance, if my friend asks me to help him with his science project and at the same time I want to prepare myself for the coming exam, I will only require saying “hmm” or make a late reply to him. He or she will get the point that I have something else to do. Let’s say I said to him “ I am sorry, I want to study.” Surely my friend will think that my exam is much more important than helping him that I am such a selfish guy. Consequently, I would make a poor impression on
A country with a good reputation can be attributed to the kind of people who live there. According to Cultural Differences, “Collectivists people are from a tight culture, so they will follow rules” (p.64). The authors are saying that collectivists are apt to follow any regulation, especially if it is a society type of rule. If any of them cross the line, others will perceive them as a bad group of people. As a peace lover, I would want to live in a place like …show more content…
Kehe and Kehe (2014) mention that “ Collectivists cultures are considered high context.”(p.94). In other words, in many cases, they convey messages through actions that are well understandable rather than projecting them by words. In this way, collectivists believe that they can inculcate a healthy and good relationship with other people. Also, they think that if they do the opposite things they might hurt others’ feeling. For instance, if my friend asks me to help him with his science project and at the same time I want to prepare myself for the coming exam, I will only require saying “hmm” or make a late reply to him. He or she will get the point that I have something else to do. Let’s say I said to him “ I am sorry, I want to study.” Surely my friend will think that my exam is much more important than helping him that I am such a selfish guy. Consequently, I would make a poor impression on